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"BEN HUE" DID 1T.
How Gen. Lew Wallace Was Given the
Turkish Mission

Thomas H. Nichol, of New York, thus
writes to the Louisville Co,trieT-Jour7,ol,
have just happened to read your grateful
and merited tribute to Gen. Lew Wallace
and the famous book ''Ben Hurn Indulge
me in bit of the queer history that may
have had an influence in making the fame of
book and the fortune of an author. A
few days after Gen. Garfield was inaugu
rated President, was taken sick, and while
confined in my room in the Ebbett House, at
Washington, wanting something to read,
sent to Mrs. Tyners room and asked her to
lend me something to read. She sent me a
number of books, among them ben Hur. "
When | got able to be out / was up to the
White House one evening to dinner. Presi-
dent Garfield asked me while we were din
ing how | had entertained myself when
housed up. l replied, telling him the
books had read, and among them Ben
Hur"
Tell me about Ben Hur,'" said he:
docs it amount to anything-is it worth
readingm
| assured him it was
Tell me why, )" he persisted; ''what makes
it worth readingm
answered, if it's pure invention, it's good
invention; and if it's anything like a cor
rect picture of the times, people and incl
"
it's equally good from that standpoint and
added the fellow who wrote "Ben Hur"
ought not TO be sent to South America-if
you want to send him anywhere send him
to Jerusalem or Egypt or Turkey, where he
can have chance to see and study Orien-
tallSm, or the traditions of it where it has
been.
He said to one of the little boys:
Irwin, you go to the hotel with Mr.. Nichol
and he will give you a book; bring it to
me- "
Two days after saw him again; he said
he had read ben Hur" 'at two pulls" after
going to bed, the two previous nights. Lew
Wallace had been nominated to go to
Uruguay. He Immediately recalled the
nomination, and returned the name for Min
ister to Constantinople, and at the same time
wrote Lew Wallace very complimentary
letter on ben Hur," which has since been
effectively used by the publishers as an adj
vertisement. | am told that it is now the
most popular selling book on Harpers' list,
and by several librarians that is the often
est-lnquired-for book in their libraries.
The little accidental incidents will con-
tinue for many years TO keep up an interest
i'll the book, and would do SO none the less.
without being thus definitely told, but the
striking thing is the illustration of the
acute literary taste of the man who, har-
assed with cares as Garfield then was, would
snatch the time from sleep to read a book
the size of ben Hur' in two nights. If the
book proves that Gen. Wallace ought never
to have been General. this incident proves
that President Garfield ought never to have
been a President.
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QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER,

oANAAhAH. IA, NAY i, 1861.
From and after MAY list. 1887, the city ordi.
nance which specifies the Quarantine require.
ments to he observed at TIE port of Savannah,
Georgia, for period of tina ANNUALLY from May
1st TO November 1st, viii be most rigidly en-
forced
Merchants and all other parties interested
will be supplied with printed copies OF the Quar-.
antine Ordinance upon application to Office OF
Health Officer.
From and after this date and until further no.
ticc all steamships and vessels from South
America, Central America, Mexico, West Indies,
Sicily, ports of Italy south Of 40 dogs. North
latitude and coast of Africa beweeu
10 dogs. North and IA degs South latitude,
direct or via American port will be sub.
jected 10 close Quarantine and be REQUIRED
to report at the Quarantine Station and be
treated as being from infected or suspected
ports or localities. Captains of these vessels
win have 10 remain at Quarantine Station until
their vessels are relieved.
All steamers and vessels from foreign ports
no; included above, direct or via American
ports whether seeking, chartered or otherwise,
will be required TO remain in quarantine until
boarded and passed by the Quarantine Officer.
Neither the Captains nor any one ON board %
such tesseLs sciu be dlOtced 20 come 10 the city
until the vessels are inspected and passed bv the
Quarantine officer.
As ports or localities not herein enumerated
are reported unhealthy TO the Sanitary Authori-
ties, Quarantine restrictions against same VIII
be enforced without further publication
The quarantine regulation requiring the dglng
of the quarantine flag on vessels subjected to
detention or inspection tDiH be rigidlv elforced-
J. T. MCFARLAND. NJ. D.. Health Officer.
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OFFICIAL.
NOTICE.

CITY OF SAVANNAH,
OFFICE CLERK OF COUNCIL,
April 90 1887. J
rVNHE following ordinance is published for the
l. information of all concerned.
FRANK II. REBARER,
Clerk OF Council.
ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE 70 regulate the turning up or the
soil of the public domain In the city of Savan-
nah for any purpose, between the first day OF
May and the first day of November each year,
except by permission and approval OF the
Sanitary Board
SECTION I. Be 10 ordained By the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the city Of Savannah, tis Council
assembled and IL is ordained by the duthoritgof
this ordinance no permission shall be granted to
make sewer connections or for other works OF a
similar character or for laying pipes, or for any
work which may involve the turning up of the
soil of the public domain between the first day
Of May and the first day of November Of each
year, unless the came shall be approved by the
Board of Sanitary Commissioners,
SEC 2. Ind il is further ordained bg the ar
hority aforesaid, That If any person shall turn
up the soil of the public domain Of any part of
said city between the first day OF May and the
first day of November of each year without per-
mission, as provided In the first section Of this
ordinance, he or she shall on conviction thereof
in the Police Court be fined not less than five
nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than thirty days, or both, in the dis
erection of the Mayor or Acting Mayor presiding
in said court.
SEC. g. AHd 10 is further ordained by the dts-
toritE aforesaid, That all ordinances and parts
of ordinances, so far as they initiate with this
ordinance, be and the same are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council May o. 1888.
RUFUS +. LESTER, Mayor.
Attest: FRANK Il. REBARER, Clerk of Council
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WERE THEY AVENGERS?
A Strange Recluse in Arkansas
Strangely Slain.

a OLTdIlB6 hcCllloc III AIh
Strangely Slain.
A dispatch from Little Rock, Ark, to the
New York Herald says: A man named
John Simpson, who lived alone in log cabin
at Bayou Bartholomew, in Ashley county,
was found murdered yesterday. The mans
life was mystery and his violent taking off
is sensation in the difficulty of finding an
explanation for it,
Simpson took up the location where he
lived some ten years ago. He cleared a
tract of land and built a log house. He was
a tall, stalwart fellow, with dark hair and
ewes, straight as an Indian. He lived alone,
seldom ventured abroad and avoided the
neighbors. He was always armed with a
double-barreled shotgun. Beyond stating
that he was of gypsy origin he!said nothing
respecting his past life. This fact caused
him to be regarded with suspicion by par
ties living in the immediate neighborhood,
but so secluded was his life that his pres
ence was scarcely known beyond radius
of five miles of his cabin. That he had
plenty of money was also a fact well
known to those who had business relations
with him.
Two men visited Simpsons house several
DAYS ago. remaining over night. Then they
quietly went away.
Parties who were hunting stray cattle
passed the cabin yesterday and found no
signs of life. The door was broken open
and Simpson was found lying on the bed
dead, with his throat cut. The clay floor
was covered with blood and the overturned
furniture and disordered room showed there
had been a desperate struggle between the
dead man end his nssailants.
On Simpsons person was found watch
and money, showing that robbery did not
prompt the murder.
It has trauspired to-day that Simpson
was a member OF the band of gypsys who
have headquarters in the vicinity OF Jack,
son. Miss, and Dayton, o.. and it is said
flat he was implicated in big robbery in
fine latter State, aed here with his booty and
was followed and slain by members OF the
tribe WHO considered that he had disgraced
both hiusclf and the sy-sS race.
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QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER,
4 ..t.sr,r..r IfassnI. slEfI 1907

SAVANNAH, Alafcn xotI, 1851.
Pilots OF the Port Of Savannah are informf
that the Sapelo Quarantine Station will be opc
ed on APRIL list, 1887. "a
Special attention OF the Pilots " directe0
tions
Most rigid enforcement OF quarantine regj
tons will be maintained by the Health AUTH
ties. J. L. MCFARLAND, NJ. d..
Health OfficeI
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QUARANTINE NOTICE.
OFFICE HEALTH OFFICER,
EAvANNAa AnPil 18th 1877

SAVANNAH, April 9Th, 1887.
Notice Is hereby given that the Quarantine
Officer is instructed not to deliver letters to YES
sells which are not subjected 10 quarantine de-
tention unless the name of consignee and state
ment that the vessel is ordered to some other
port appears upon the face Of the envelope.
This order is made necessary In consequences Of
the enormous hulk of drumming letters sent TO
the station for vessels which arc to arrive.
j. T. MCFARLAND, NJ. d..
Health Officer
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low vain the loving darts that fly
from cen the most bewitching eye,
Vniess the teeth are pure and bright
,1nd ever kept a snowy white.
y you would save your toeth from harm,
hSOZOD0NT you'll lnG tAe charm.
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Ladies Mourning Handkerchiefs
In Plain, Fancy and Embroidered Borders from
10c. to 75c. each. All new patterns.
Mourning ParasoIs.

We are now showing full line of M-inch
MOURNING PARAsoLS, in Twilled and Puri-
tan Silks, Ebony Handles, in the latest Styles
from 81 % to 81 so each
Also, choice assortment of SILK LINED
MOURNING PARASOLS, in Plain Grape and
Tape Fringe Trimmings. These have to be seen
TO be appreciated.
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CTrY MARsnAL 5 OrFlcE.

SAVANNAH, A,pi'II I'd, 1851. I7'|
TIME City Treasurer has placed In my han
Il Real Estate Executions for 1886, Privy Va
Executions for 1886. Stock In Trade and oti
personal property executions for 1886 aud 81
cihc License Tax Executions for 1897, co
handing \ SNAKE the money on said wrl1M
by levy am Of the defendants property or
by other ~ cans. l hereby notify all per
sons Ia ID *, the tax and revenue ordi-
nance wy - -ltly enforced IL payment Is
not mad % without delay.
~ e store f36f;&I. WADE Z DE-,
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after the negro disappeared the form of a
stalwart kentuckian darkened the front en-
trance. Evidently he had seen the "boy u
enter and was in about as much haste TO get
through As he had been. When he had got
Well inside Lieut.. LETTERS sprung at bound in
ms front, and with look of terribly offended
dignity said:
WHO the ID are yOu sir, who presume
10 enter my tent so unceremoniOusly?"
Why-a-a-nigger ju-just this minute
went through here"
Well, sir. what business have you to ques-
ton the movements of my servant?"
me-tO me-a-an Oiicer!"
!" You an officer! Where is your uniform ?"
on, sir; l-l-l'm deputy sheriff."
Z" civil officer, are you. What bEings you
here?" ~
:" Pm after that niggeri"
Have you any authority to rush into my
tent after that nigger?"
les-yes,' glancing nervOusly toward the
rear of the tent, his desire being evident TO
proceed IN that direction. "Fye got the
papers"
Let me see them?"
He fumblod nervously for minute or two,
and at last held ont the papers. There, sir,
you see it's all right"
Inc Lieutenant took the papers, and after
wlping anu adjusting his glasses leisurely ex-
amlned the papers, one after another. After
hve terrible minutes TO the deputy sheriff he
folded them with great care and precision and
hahued thein back with the remark: "They
appear to be all right, aud suppose you are
al liberty TO proceed with the search"
The deputy, with g-oan which plainly in.
dicated another niger lost" said: "Y-a-
as but what the HI is the use now?"
lie went out the back door and through the
mess tent aud fUund himself in front of the
sallyport OF the fort. before which two very
Ihnoeentlooking soldiers from the State of
Indiana wereleisurely marching back and forth.
No niger" was visible 10 the naked eve. IL
was afterward learned that the fugitive had
been admitted into the fort. and for fear that
the sheriff would be permitted TO go inside.
some OF the guard hal slipped the negro into
the magazine where he remained, cared for bv
the other darkies several DAYS until the slave
hunter had left. Then some of the bows got
mp pass, to which-by mistake of course
the name OF Major-General was signed, and
Aaron visited Cincinnati for his health and
comfort.
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HE GOT AWAY.
The Fugitive Slave Law Did Not
Work Well in the Army.

During the Summer of 1868, among the troops
composing the command Of Col. Graham, 5th
Ind. Cav.,-commandan of the postal Glas-
gov, KY was the Elgin battery, Ill. Art.
darky had Joined the battery aud was doing
duty as cook TO the officers mess. Aaron soon
became lavorite with the battery and other
soldiers. There were rumOrs in camp that he
was runaway chattel, absent from his old
kentucky Home without leave"
One day Lieut.. l.. q. LETTERS was in co1 mand
OF the battery. the other officers being out of
camp. He was lounging in his tent, when in
rushed Aaron. apparently in too great haste to
stand upon the order of his coming or going
either. He dashed through and disappeared at
the back door, his eyes the size of the bottom
OF teacup. The Lieutenant as by instinct,
took in the situation. Within two minutes
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ern Association Of the @. A. r. was held in Frank.
lin on June % for the purpose of completing
the arrangements for the annual Reunion to be
held in Oil City, Venango County. on Aug.
%. 1887. President Miller presided. After
some regular routine business had been trans
acted the President appointed Comrade J. A.
| Wiley Chief Of Staff, and Comrade J. Kane
Adjutant- General for the parade to be held on
The day of the Reunion. He also appointed
the Officers Association rs his direct staff, in
Guiding the Executive Committee. President
Miller will furnish all members Of his staff
with badges gratuitous. The Committee on
Transportion reported that they had arranged
with the various railroads for a round-trip
ticket at half fare. open TO all members of the
GAR. and their families. The Reunion this
year will undoubtedly surpass all others. The
committee OF Arrangements are providing for
everything necessary TO make the Reunion
successful Prominent GAR. men will be
present and deliver addresses. Among those
who have already promised 10 he present are
Department Commander Maj. Samuel Harper,
Past Department Commander Chill w Haz-
Yard. of Monongahela City, and Gov. Beaver.
Col Fred ID. Grant will be invited by the COM
mittee 10 attend
At the annual Encampment of the Depart-
ment, GAR. held at Harrisburg i'm last Feb
rnary, a few of the survivors OF the 56th Pa.
accidentally met and formed permanent sur
vivors' association, and elected T. d. Cunning
ham, of Blairsvlle, President, and J. NJ. Slower.
OF Chester. Secretary.
The different Pennsylvania regiments FORM
ing regimental associations are requested to
send the names and addresses of the President
aud Secretary 10 Department Headquarters,
No. 1910 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, TO aid the
completion of a regimental roster now being
compiled. The associations that have elected
new officers during the current year are also
requested TO furnish headquarters with the
above information. Such roster containing
the names of the Secretaries of all the regi-
ments will be Of incalculable value, and COM
rados should not delay in complying with the
above request.
A Reunion of the ID Pa. H. A., together with
the Provisional ID Pa. ii. A." will be held in
Philadelphia Oh Dec. aud 6.
The eighth ANIMAL Reunion of the South
western Wisconsin Veteran Association was
held at Shullshurg last month. The address Of
welcome was delivered by Judge Blackstone.
Col Z. L. ClOugh responded on behalf of the
veterans.
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The Thinning OF the Blue.
tnes.,,I,, Ca..fs..Il

Did You see the thinning die of heroes who
turned out last Sunday TO lay 10 It's final resi-
the body Of another veteran2 There is mn
parade OF any society that appeals TO the pa.
triotism and gratitude of the people like a
parade OF the Grand Army Of the Republic.
And when it turns out 10 bury an old cnmrsJo
our hearts are touched aud our eve, swim
Year by year the column will grow shorter
and finally "A scattering squad of old men will
follow ladened hearse which each in his turn
soon will occupy. How narrow. sordid aud mean
Is the man who will deny 10 this feeling rem
nant OF gallant veterans proper recognition
from The lat treasury Of a rich country. There
would have been no country nor treasury hut
Tor them. Let the issue never rest until every
ex-soldier receives a pension from the Gov.
eminent that will make smooth his pathway
through the Winter of old age.
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MoKIE IN A NEW ROLE.

There was probably never a time when the
churches aniaRonized the rum trade ms nnch
M now Prohibition is the cry everywhere
and has had the benefit Of criminal law for
tn'rty years Yet u hah only proved so far that
u cannot draw out a leViniban with III, -,
divide the wheat from the tares The in, -
Interests flourish In spite Of law, indipnaiion
meetings, acrimonious discussions, and prisons
"o yean ago ~ was learned thar the Mn,ia
Nerve Food Plant cured the liquor anneti,,
AND satisfied the drinkers better. VIM oni,,
good vigorous health; aud now word comcs
IRON Chicago and many other place, thai the
Darkeepefs are Obliged to sell il on account az
NY. IL h generally believed. now tb,, !, !.
the most successful enemy of run. In ina, = 4
~ profitable, and the tares are likely 10 ~
choked by the superior growth of a rival
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PA I E N 7 S!
CAN | OBTAIN A PATENTp

iou can ascertain N your Invention r. patentabfs h
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EX-PRISONERS OF WAR.
Meeting and Organizing.

During the third annual meeting of the
GAR. of Southwestern Minnesota, at Worth
ington, June Ia, 10 and is the ex-prisoners of
war OF that section met. Capt. Pearson, OF
Flpestone, was chosen Chairman and +. H.
Childs Secretary. J. J. Kendall was chosen
President and t. III. Childs Secretary and
Treasurer of the association. Capt. Pearson,
OF Pipestone, was chosen Vice President The
Secretary was instructed 10 report the organi-
cation o. the association to the State Associ-
alton. Ii was ordered that the next meeting
be held at the time and place Of the Reunion of
the GAR. of Southwestern Minnesota.
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NEW JERSEY.

To The e1-prisoners Of Ddr nO,C residing ia
neU Jersey: For the purpose of organizing an
Ex-Prisoners of War Association i'm said state.
all officers, soldiers aud sailors of the Federal
army and navy who were confined in the So
called Confederate prisons at any time during
the war Of the rebellion, are requested 10 send
name and POstoifice address 10 Gen. L. l..
Hayes, Glen Ridge, Essex Co., n. j., with a
view of forming said association as soon as pos
siole.-E. l.. HAYES, late prisoner of war, and
Colonel and Brlgadier-G General. Tooth Ohio
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Grammar.
IRdl,uhoodl

Our little Walter manu- features the most ron.
Venient participates for the occasion whenever
an uncertain verb gets in his way. This morn
ing he was obliged to pick up a large number
OF buttons which he had carelessly upset from
their basket. and after the task was done he
jumped up and said. cheerfully: Papa. now
I've got 'em all puck up."
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Our Progress.

AS stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, so the huge drastic
cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky
medicines are quickly abandoned with the in
PRODUCTION OF DIR. Pierce's q" Pleasant Purgative
Pellets, which are sugar-coated, and little
larger than mustard seeds, but composed of
highly-concentrated vegetable extracts. By
druggists
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WHAT WILL A PATENT COSTp

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When you ask for Hoods Sarsaparilla do not
be persuaded to bay any other preparation.
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A SURE CUR e for Epilepsy and Fits in "a hours
treet, 81. Louis. No.